The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-12-16

found that the only way Is to stop short of ,
AM when man does that he needs Col to
help him. And there have been more cases
than you can count when God has so helped
the man that he quit forever, and could
count a score Of them here 10 day, some Of
them pillars in the house ofGod-
One would suppose that men would take
warning from some Of the ominous names
given 70 the intoEczrts, and stand of from
the devastating inhuence. You have noticed
Tor instance. that some Of the restaurants are
called The Shades, typical Of the fact that
/ II pats q mans reputation in the shade. and
his morals in the shade, and his prosperity in
The shade, and his wife and children in the
shade, and his immortal destiny in the shade
Now, find on some OF the liquor signs
IN all cur cities the words: "Old Crow
nightly suggestive Of a carcass, and the
nithy raven that swoops upon it. sold Crown
Men and women without numbers slain of
rum but unburied and this evil Is pecking at
Their glazed eyes. and picking at their bloated
cbeek, and picking at their destroyed man.
hood and womanhOOd, thrusting beak and
claw into the mortal remains OF what once
was gioriously alive but now morally dead.
Old Grown But alas, how many take
no warning. They make me think Of
CSaStr on his way 10 assassination. fearing
nothing: though his statue in the hall crashed
INTO fragments at his feet, and scroll con,
tanning the names of the conspirators was
thrust INTO his hands, yet walking right on to
meet the dagger that was to take his life
This infatuation Of strong drink is 50 mighty
in many man that, though his fortunes are
crashing, and his health is crashing, and his
domestic interests are crashing. and we hand
him a long scroll containing the names Of
! perils that await him, he goes straight on t9e
physical, and mental, and moral assessina-
ton IN proportion as any style OF alcohol
Ism Is pleasant to your taste. and stimulating
70 your nerves, and for time delightful TO
all
the peril awful Remember Jonathan and
the forbidden honey in the woods of Beth
aven-
Furthermore, the gamester's indulgence
must be put TO the list OF temptations deli
cious but destructive. l have crossed the
ocean eight times, and always one Of the best
rooms mas, from morning till late at night
bsen given up TO gambling practices heard
OF men who went on board with enough
money for European excursions who landed
without enough money to get their baggage
up 70 the hotel or railroad station To many
there Is a complete fascination in games Of
hazard or the risking Of money on possibili-
ties II seems as natural for them TO bet as
10 eat Indeed, the hunger for food is often
overpowered with the hunger for wagers. as
In the case Of Lord Sandwich, persistent
gambler. who, not being willing to leave the
dice table long enough for the taking OF food,
invented preparation Of food that he could
slice OF beef between two slices of bread,
which was named after Lord Sandwich It
IS absurd for those Of us WIN have never felt
the fascination of the wager to speak slight
ingiy Of the temptation. Il has slain null
titude Of Intellectual and moral giants, men
aud women stronger than you or l. Down
under It's power went glorious Oliver Gold
smith, and Gibbcn, the historian, and Charles
Fox, the statesman, and in olden times ia
nous Senators Of the United States, who used
to be as regularly at the gambling house all
night as they were in the halls Of legislation
by day. Oh, the tragedies Of the faro tablet
i know persons VINO began with a slight
stake in a ladies' parlor, and ended with
the suicides pistol at Monte Carlo. They
played with the square pieces of bone with
black marks 0a them, not knowing that
Satan was playing for their bones at the same
time, and was sure to sweepall the stakes of
on his side Of the table. The last New York
legislature sancticned the mighty evil last
spring by passing . law for its defense at the
race tracks, and many young men in these
cities lost all their wages at COney Island
this summer, and this fan are borrowing
from the money tills of their employers or
arranging by means Of false entries TO adjust
their demoralized finances Every man who
voted for the Ives pool bill has on his hands
and forehead the blood OF these souls
But In this connection some young converts |
say 10 me: Is it right 10 play cardsi Is there !
any harm in a game Of whist or euchref /
Well, know good men who play whist and |
euchre and other styles Of game without any |
wagerz / had friend who played cards |
with his wife and children, and then at the |
close said: Gene, now, let Us have prayers
win not judge other mems eonsciences, but |
j tell you that cards are, in my mind, so as
ISOLATED with the temporal and eternal dam
nat.o1 Of splendid young men, that l should |
no sooner say to my family. Come. let US
have a game Of cards. than would 60 into
a meDagerie and say: "Come let US have
game Of rattlesnakes,n or into cemetery
and sitting down by a marble slab, say to
the grave diggers: Come, let US have a game
OF skulls Conscientious young ladies are
silently saying to me while speak; "Do you
think card playing will do US any harinin
Perhaps not, but how viii you feel If in the
great day OF eternity, when we are asked TO
give an account OF our influence, some man
shall say 70 YOU: Il was introduced to games
1f chance IN the year 1881, in Brooklyn, at
your house. and l went on from that sport 10
something more exciting, and went on down
lntil LOST my business, and lost my morals,
md lost ny soul, and these chains that you
zee on my wrists and feet are the chains Of a
yamesfer doom, and | am on my way to a
gamblers HE'LL Honey at the start, eternal
at The last
Stock gambling comes into the same cata-
ogue. II must be very exhilaratng to 20
Boston, or Third street, Philadelphia, and
lepositing small sum o. money, run the risk
u taking cot fortune MANY men are do
ng an honest and safe business in the stock
market, and you are an igaoramus II You do
rot know that it is just as legitimate to
leai IN stocks as TO deal in coffee. or sugar.
" Hour But nearly all the outsiders who
% there on a little financial excursion lose
~ The old spiders eat up the unsuspecting
lies | had friend who Tut his hand on |
rs hip pocket and said to me in substance:
7 have there the value OF a hundred and
NY Thousand dollars His home is to-day
'ennilesS What was the matteri Wall |
treet. OF the vast majority who are p;csiir-
led you hear not one word. One great stocr
rm goes down, and whole columns OF news
apers discuss their fraud, or their dis
ster, and we are presented with their
satlres and their biography. But where
ne such famous firm sinks five undred TN
noWn men sink with them. The great .
ieamer goes down and all the little boats
r. swallowed in the same engulfnlent. Gam
ling l. gambling, whether in stocks, or
or dice or race-trao,k betting.
xhiiaration at the start, and "a wing brain
ID shattered nervous system and sac (
iced property and a destroyed soul at the
81 Young man, buy no lottei Y tickets, ,
lrchase no prize packages, bet on no base
VI games or yacht racing, have no faith in
cks answer no mysterious circulars pro-
six 6itAe INCOME lCF small 1nveS tInent,
90 away the buzzards that hover al ,ound I
U hotels trying to entrap strangers Col ,
I and make an honest living. Have fod \
your side and be a candidate for heav, an.
,member all the paths OF sin arc bankeI' q
"a flowers at the start, and there are $
,1ty OF helpful hands to fetch the cav h,
arger to your door and hold the stirrup -, =,
lie you mount. But further on the horse II
lnges 20 the bit IN slough inextricable Re
e best honey is not like that which Jona- la
an took on the end of the rod and brought If
his lip. but that which God puts 90 the | l.,
nqueting table Of Mercy, at which we are ny l
invited TO sit l was reading Of a buy "
ong the mountains Of Switzerland ascend pc
a dangerous place with his father and the III
des The boy stopped on the edge Of the =,
y and said: There IS a flower mean to
Come away from here, said the
her, lyon viii fall of - aNo,n said he. s-.ve
& get that beautiful fower.n and tn by
DIES rushed toward him to pull him bacfses
en- they heard him say: 81 aimosen
Re it, as he fell 2,00) feet Birds of
y were seen a few days after circiiron-
ough the air and lowering gradually.c /
place whore the corpse lay. Why IN
sers on the edge Of precipicc WIZ ~ ia
y walk knee deep amid the full b
very Paradise Of Goii When
1t kings banquet, why wil'dobile, Ala.
steps and contend for sure ia recon
Is OF hounds kennslaow Discoyerv e.. AZ
S ,ts than hons used it for severe s ani
David, :, Is the us and Catarrh. II gare mo
ey out OF ne r and entirely currd ~, vac
!, says 1ods been afflicted since iie